HMAS Toowoomba, featuring Nowra helicopter, seizes more than 3000kg of drugs

Updated April 1 2020 - 4:19pm, first published March 31 2020 - 8:10am

The boarding party from HMAS Toowoomba boards a dhow carrying a large amount of illicit substances during a patrol in the Gulf of Aden as part of Operation Manitou. Photo: Richard Cordell
The boarding party from HMAS Toowoomba boards a dhow carrying a large amount of illicit substances during a patrol in the Gulf of Aden as part of Operation Manitou. Photo: Richard Cordell

HMAS Toowoomba, featuring a Nowra-based helicopter, has intercepted more than 3000 kilograms of illegal narcotics including hashish and heroin in the Gulf of Aden.

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